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Downtown On the Go envisions a vibrant, integrated downtown Tacoma – where daily life is enhanced by connecting people, green spaces, arts & culture, and jobs. Interdependent land use policies and transportation options reinforce an active, compact urban core that is connected locally and regionally, promoting a focus on the movement and interactions of people rather than cars.

Downtown On the Go’s purpose is to be the transportation advocate and resource for anyone whose daily life is downtown. We do this by:• Educating about transportation choices other than driving alone.• Encouraging use of transit, ridesharing, biking, walking, and flexible work arrangements.• Advocating for transportation choices and land use policies that promote a vibrant and integrated downtown.

DowntownOnTheGo.org |info@downtownonthego.org | 253-682-1739

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2014 ANNUAL REPORT

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GETTING AROUND DOWNTOWN!2014 WAS A GREAT YEAR FOR THANK YOU!

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Participants in Walk Tacoma events

1,300

Transit riders logged trips during October’s

Try Transit Month

231

Bikes in the downtown Bike Cages

13

2014 Public Places New Tacoma Award

for Walk Tacoma

1

New transit riders on the Route 14 to Try the Bus with the Mayor

30

Businesses featured in Bike to a Business

program

8Downtown

businesses provide ORCA transit passes to their employees

30

Heads now have helmets on them

thanks to our DOTG helmet program

180Downtown employees and

visitors surveyed in our Commute Trip Reduction Survey, Small

Business Survey, or Downtown Consumer Survey

11,500

Page 7THE TRANSPORTATION ADVOCATE AND RESOURCE FOR DOWNTOWN TACOMA

SponsorsAHBLBLRB ArchitectsCHI Franciscan HealthCobalt MortgageColumbia BankCommencement BankDoyle’sEvergreen Home LoansFehr & PeersGeoEngineersHomeStreet BankJacobs EngineeringKPGLandau AssociatesO’Connor & AssociatesPCS StructuralPropel InsuranceSocial Bar and GrillSpaceworks TacomaStadium Business DistrictTacoma RainiersThe HubThe Neil Walter CompanyTRCVBTrueBlue, IncTWOKOIUnion BankWaste Connections

DonorsAndrew AustinKaren BargerKaren BungerCarla ChavezBrian CorcoranJoseph DaccaJoseph & Julia Falvey

Bryan FlintEric HellerMike Hutchinson Jenny & Aaron JacobsJonah JensenJoel JonesChris & Vonda KelseyDeneise & David KopetzkyMatt LaneBrett LarabeeBrian LeeGarrett LequeChelsea LevyKristin LynettRyan MelloHannah MinerHugh & Jane MooreTracy PeacockDavid PoolJennifer RittenhouseJamie SandbergDavid SchroedelMatthew ScottJaime SerenoTravis ShumateBruce StirlingPatti SuttonDan VoelpelKristina WalkerJames WaltonNick WatkinsKathryn WhitingDiane Wiatr

In-Kind DonorsAnthem Coffee & TeaCorina BakeryDoyle’s

Foss Waterway SeaportGrand CinemaHandlebar Cycling StudioHarmon Brewery & EateryLeMay MuseumMad Hat Tea Co. MultiCare Health SystemMuseum of GlassPower CrewsPierce TransitSound TransitSouth Sound RunningTacoma Art MuseumTacoma-Pierce County ChamberTacoma RainiersThe ForumThe HubTinkertopiaTyler KalbergUW Tacoma

Auction DonorsB #Sharp CoffeehouseDoyle’s21 CellarsTacoma Food Co-opThe Parkway TavernTacoma Farmers Market Michael Sullivan Mike Hutchinson Old Town Bicycle Tacoma Bike Tacoma Symphony OrchestraTWOKOI

Bike to a Business (es)B Sharp CaféEmbellish

Handlebar Cycling StudioMad Hat TeaMetro CoffeeSavor CreperieTacoma Brewing CompanyThe OfficeTinkertopia

VolunteersBea HellisCarina LiljengrenCarla GramlichChris RaffaDavid FrisciaElle WarmuthEmily StrongEric LaneHannah MinerHenry DemaraisJennifer ChinJordan WillcoxJosh JorgensenKayla WaldorfNikki KingNikki PolizzottoPeggy FjetlandSam HellisSean CoadySheryl StansellSonja MarieSue Holland

Walk LeadersBill BaarsmaCaroline SwopeDavid BoeDianna KielianElizabeth Conner

Julie NicolettaMelissa McGinnisPat McCarthyRon MagdenSeong ShinVictoria Woodards

Friday Forum SpeakersBrian WilsonDiane WiatrElly BlueFred YoungGareth RoeJosh JorgensenLisa QuinnRon Sims

Walk CollaboratorsAmerican Heart AssociationChildren’s Museum of TacomaUnited Way

Other CollaboratorsLocal LifePierce TripsTransportation Choices CoalitionVeloFemmesZipcar

Live Downtown PartnersAl Orwiler Albers Mill American Financial Solutions Cobalt Mortgage Grand CinemaHanna Heights HomeStreet Bank

Julie Swenson (MLO-185767), Evergreen Home LoansMarguerite Giguere McCarver Village Midtown Lofts Mike Trittin One St. Helens People’s Furniture Tacoma Center YMCATacoma Symphony Orchestra The Metropolitan TWOKOI Japanese Vue 25 Zipcar

Live Downtown Participating BusinessesBCRABLRB ArchitectsBroadway Center for the Performing ArtsCity of TacomaColumbia BankEconomic Development Board of Tacoma-Pierce CountyGeoEngineersHandlebar Cycling StudioKPG, Inc.Lollar GuitarsMcGranahan ArchitectsMonea InvestmentsMultiCare Health SystemNorthwest HardwoodsNorthwest Leadership FoundationNorthwestern MutualSiteCrafting, Inc.Tacoma Art Museum

Tacoma Regional Convention and Visitors BureauTacoma Symphony OrchestraTacoma-Pierce County ChamberThe Grand CinemaTRA Medical ImagingUnited Way of Pierce CountyUniversity of Washington TacomaVamp Salon & SpaWorld Trade Center Tacoma

Transportation Innovator Award NomineesAlisa O’HanlonBNSF RailwayChris Green/Economic Development BoardCity of TacomaDerek Young/Exit 133CHI Franciscan HealthGarrett LequeHannah MinerJimmy JohnsJustin LeightonLandau, Inc.Lifestyle ValetMarv SandbergNorthwest Leadership Foundation“Stadium in Motion” ProgramTacoma-Pierce County Chamber

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Transportation Innovator Award nominees at our

sold-out Annual Luncheon

16Employees have access to

our Live Downtown program

3,000Potential daily savings for

downtown commuters trying a new mode

$25

Vanpools serving downtown

30

Friendly DOTG employees ready to help

you improve your commute!

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New housing units built or under

constructiondowntown

270

Transportation fairs and 5 farmers

market booths

14

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OUR TEAM

OUR PARTNERS

Brian LeeChelsea Levy*Chris GreenChris KelseyDan VoelpelDavid Schroedel*Diane Wiatr*James SindingJim FeltusJonah Jensen*

Judi Hyman*Karen BungerKathy Walton*Mike Hutchinson*Pat ForzaSarah KnickerbockerSteve KallbergTom O’Connor

OUR COMMITTEESWalkKaren Bunger, Julia Falvey, Marv Sandberg, Jessica Sire, Marie Stewart

Bike Bruce Stirling, Diane Wiatr, James Sinding, Sarah Weeks, David Conlin, Chad Opatz, Garrett Leque, Rob McNair-Huff, Eric Porter, Hannah Miner, Emily Strong, Brett Larabee, Eric Porter, Jordan Willcox, Chris Kelsey

Communication Christina Hatton, Liz Satterthwaite, Sandra Sarr, Judi Hyman

TransitDenene Dean, Mimi Jansen, Sharon Stockwell, Andrew Austin, Pat Forza, Steve Kallberg

Live DowntownAudi Ritz, Dianne Wasson, Josh Jorgensen, Tom O’Connor, Julie Swenson

Park(ing) Day Keri Parker, Emily Campbell, Hannah Miner, Robert Boyle, Kate Whiting

OUR STAFF Kristina Walker, Manager Meagan Kula, Coordinator Matt Newport, CoordinatorLaura Wisdom, CTR CoordinatorTeri Stopoulos, Assistant CoordinatorDenise Cline, BookkeeperAlecia Kuhl, InternNikki Polizzotto, InternJordan Willcox, SOTA Intern

*2014 Executive Committee Member

OUR BOARD

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SingleOccupancyVehicles

WALK 2% 2% 100% of goal met!

B IKE 1% 3% 700 cycling trips to go!

TRANSIT 7% 11% 1,400 transit trips to go!

CARPOOL 8% 10% 700 carpool trips to go!

VANPOOL 2% 3% 350 vanpool trips to go!

TELEWORK 3% 4% 350 teleworker trips to go!

BIG BUSINESS SURVEY

SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLES = 77% Our goal is to reduce that number to 65% by 2015!

Where We Are TODAY OUR 2015 Goal

SMALL BUSINESS SURVEY Commute trip data were collected by the Washington Commute Trip Reduction (CTR) survey and administered at most CTR-affected downtown Tacoma worksites in spring/summer 2014. This survey is mandatory for CTR-affected employers.

Data were collected by DOTG’s Small Business Survey, which replicated the survey format of the State CTR survey, and was administered in summer/fall 2014. The Small Business Survey was administered to worksites in downtown Tacoma on an opt-in basis.

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